The mystery
had been solved.
CHAPTER XXV
WINNING A RACE
"Where did this diamond come from?" demanded Mr. Sharp of the
quartette of criminals.
"That's for us to know and you to find out," sneered Happy Harry.
"I don't care as long as that trimmer Boreck didn't get it. He
tried to do us out of our share."
"Well, I guess the police will make you tell," went on the
balloonist. "Go for the constable, Tom."
Leaving his friend to guard the ugly men, who for a time at least
were beyond the possibility of doing harm, Tom hurried off through
the woods to the nearest village. There he found an officer and
the gang was soon lodged in jail. The diamond was turned over to
the authorities, who said they would soon locate the owner.
Nor were they long in doing it, for it appeared the gem was part
of a large jewel robbery that had taken place some time before in
a distant city. The Happy Harry gang, as the men came to be
called, were implicated in it, though they got only a small share
of the plunder. Search was made for Tod Boreck and he was
captured about a week after his companions. Seeing that their
game was up, the men made a partial confession, telling where Mr.
Swift's goods had been secreted, and the inventor's valuable
tools, papers and machinery were recovered, no damage having been
done to them.
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